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Chapter 201 – Part 5

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Translation: Charlotte
Editor: Weasalopes

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But I was still left feeling a little frustrated.

I had used a lot of strengthening spells in that fight.

Over half of the spell durations were still left over.

Maybe I strengthened myself and my Summon Monsters too much…

Or maybe my Summon Monsters were just too strong.

In any case, I had gone and wasted some MP and time.

 

Some creatures started appearing around me, wriggling to and fro.

What were they?

They had yellow markers, so they didn’t look like they meant me any harm.

But there were a lot of them.

 

Dryad　Lv4

Tree Spirit　Working

Battle Position: Ground　Tree attribute

 

It looked like they were trying to fix the tree?

There were quite a few dryads.

Well then, I shouldn’t get in the way, right?

I left the tree.

 

I was looking forward to some sunlight, but I ran into something else instead.

 

Minor Ent　Lv5

Tree Spirit　Working

Battle Position: Ground　Tree attribute

 

I thought a small tree had grown in the time that I was in the giant tree, but I was wrong.

It was a Minor Ent.

It looked like it was working on the tree too.

It seemed like it would be best to just leave the place alone.

I didn’t want to become a distraction.

But then, what else was there for me to do.

Of course, there was plenty of hunting to do.

It wouldn’t hurt to know what kind of monsters would appear in N2W2 at night.

 

 

I tried using 【Call Monster】.

But I didn’t get any results.

Yep, that wasn’t too surprising.

But in a way, that was quite terrifying too!

 

But my suspicions on whether there actually were monsters in the field were quickly blown away.

A monster was already rushing at me.

It was quite a strange monster too…

 

Skeleton Mammoth　Lv1

Monster　Undead　Enemy Target　Active

Battle Position: Ground　Dark Attribute　Ice Attribute

 

No, no, no, no, no!

Wait a minute!

 

There was no time to run away.

Unlike in the daytime, I didn’t have Zangetsu either.

That made the sight of the Skeleton Mammoth rushing at me that much more terrifying.

 

The Skeleton Mammoth was slower than the Stray Mammoths I had encountered earlier.

That wasn’t very comforting though.

It was still much faster than me!

 

I managed to avoid its first attack thanks to Jericho.

But Jericho lost about 30% of his HP bar just from taking its charge attack.

And that was while he had strengthening spells active too.

How could this happen?!

 

But what really saved me was the fact that I had Telomere with me.

I could see a giant bat emerge from behind me and take off into the sky.

Telomere followed up by shooting bullets of fire at the Skeleton Mammoth from the sky.

She was really giving it her all.

As expected, the Skeleton Mammoth couldn’t do anything about Telomere as long as she was in the sky.

Every attack made it stop for a moment too.

Nice!

 

「Sanctify Undead」

 

With that, it was even further weakened.

Would I be able to take it down with that?

No, I wasn’t anywhere near done yet.

I immediately prepared to cast my next spell.

There were still many things I could do to secure my victory.

 

But it was starting to catch up to me.

This is dangerous…

 

Shishiku ran up behind it and bit down one of its hind legs.

Volff did the same.

Both Shishiku and Volff hung on to the Skeleton Mammoths bone legs for dear life.

It seemed like Shishiku’s fire breath attack was still on cooldown.

The Skeleton Mammoth’s HP bar was decreasing, but it could still run after me.

The spirits in its chest was still alive and well.

I could sometimes see glimpses of the spirit in its skull too.

But both the spirits were very well-protected… How would I be able to reach and destroy them?

 

While such thoughts ran through my head, the Skeleton Mammoth was slowly approaching.

Anyway…

I was aiming for its front right leg.

 

「Pitfall!」

 

The Skeleton Mammoth’s front right leg dropped into the pit, causing it to instantly lose its balance.

Keeping its momentum, it started rolling on the ground.

Seeing what was about to happen, Volff and Shishiku had already let go of it.

 

While it was down, Ninetails shot a flurry of balls of light at it.

From the sky, Telomere also riddled it with bullets of fire.

But I was dealing with an undead monster.

Its HP bar was recovering.

It was also clearly getting much weaker, and it was moving with much less vigour.

But it was still an annoying enemy.

 

While the Skeleton Mammoth was on the ground, Jericho grabbed onto it.

A moment later, Jericho liquefied and slipped into its chest.

There, Jericho rematerialised.

Breaking its rips apart one by one, Jericho tore it apart from the inside.

Once the spirit in its chest was exposed, Jericho delivered a firm punch to it too.

 

The Skeleton Mammoth was trying to get up again.

But Jericho was faster.

Its whole skull was already covered in mud.

In that next moment…

Its entire skull shattered under the pressure Jericho’s body was exerting on it.

The Skeleton Mammoth’s HP bar instantly fell to zero.

It never got the opportunity to get up again.

 

《Summon Monster 『Ninetails』 Level Up! 》

《Please add 1 point to a desired stat.》

 

Well, after all that, I suppose a level-up would be in order.

It would be quite sad if I didn’t get anything after all that struggling.

 

Anyway, I quickly moved to settle the level-up.

The stat that went up with the level-up was AGI.

I put another point into INT.

 

Ninetails　Silver Fox Lv2→Lv3 (↑1)

DEX　10

AGI　24 (↑1)

INT　24 (↑1)

STR　10

VIT　10

SPI　24

 

Skills:

Bite　Evade　Dash　Predict Danger　MP Regeneration [Small]

Light Attribute　Dark Attribute

 

It was very nice to see the balanced line of numbers.

But the main issue was with the Skeleton Mammoth.

This is what it left behind.:

 

【Material】 Ancient Stone Pillar　Grade C+　Rarity 5　Weight 15

A stone pillar from ancient times. Something is sealed inside.

 

It looked very heavy!

What was going on?

Would be similar to an Ancient Stone? Would I be able to get something if I dug into it?

In any case, it definitely looked like something with a lot of potential.

 

But I noticed something else.

The situation I was in was not good.

Telomere’s MP bar was at less than half.

She was endlessly shooting out bullets of fire, so it really couldn’t be helped.

And I wasn’t surprised that Telomere couldn’t absorb MP from undead enemies.

Telomere wasn’t so strong against the Skeleton Mammoth.

Shishiku’s fire breath attack was also still on cooldown.

That was probably going to set me back too.

 

Would it be alright to continue hunting?

Oh dear…

 

I used 【Call Monster】 to check if there were any other monsters around me?

Yep, they were showing up now.

I could see that there were still a few other Skeleton Mammoths around me.

But they weren’t close enough to become aggressive to me.

 

Yep, it was probably time to retreat.

It would probably be best to return to the Wind Spirit Village and get my equipment sorted out before I tried anything too crazy.

 

Protagonist　Keith

Race　Human　Male　Racial Lv21

Job　Grand Summoner Lv7 (↑1)

Bonus Points Remaining: 3

 

Skill Sets:

Sword Lv7　Two-handed Spear Lv6　Club Lv6 (↑1)　Dagger Lv6 (↑1)　Rope Artes Lv6

Staff Lv16　Punch Lv13　Kick Lv13　Joint Lock Lv13　Throw Lv13

Evade Lv13　Block Lv13

Summon Magic Lv21　Spacetime Magic Lv12 (↑1)　Seal Magic Lv3 (↑1)

Light Magic Lv12　Wind Magic Lv12　Earth Magic Lv12　Water Magic Lv12

Fire Magic Lv12　Dark Magic Lv12　Ice Magic Lv10　Lightning Magic Lv9

Tree Magic Lv10　Dust Magic Lv10　Lava Magic Lv10　Steam Magic Lv10

Alchemy Lv10　Pharmacy Lv8　Glassmaking Lv6　Woodworking Lv9

Synergy Lv15　Appraisal Lv15 (↑1)　Identify Lv15　Discern Lv4　Cold Resistance Lv8

Grab Lv12　Horsemanship Lv11 (↑1)　Precise Manipulation Lv14　Ropework Lv7

Jump Lv7　Acrobatics Lv7 (↑1)　Heat Resistance Lv8　Climb Lv8　Balance Lv7 (↑1)

Dual Wield Lv13　Disassembly Lv11　Swim Lv6　Dive Lv5

Physical Reinforcement Lv11　Mental Reinforcement Lv12　Speedcasting Lv13

Magic Effect Amplification Lv11　Magic Range Expansion Lv11

 

Equipment:

Tokkosho ×2　Staff of Torture ×2　Tonfas of Torture ×2

Capture Rod of Torture ×1　Needlefish Spear ×1

Beltfish Dagger ×1　Snow Beast Mace ×1

Enraged Pickaxe+ ×2　Silver Necklace+ ×1

Spotted Snow Leopard Push Dagger ×1　Gale Tiger Push Dagger ×1

Snow Leopard Bagh Nakh ×2

Plains Lion Bagh Nakh ×1　Fighting Bull Leather Armour+ Set

Einherjar Armguard ×2

Bracelet of Torture ×2　Anklet of Torture+ ×2　Prison Guard’s Black Rope ×1

Rampage Horse Belt+　Rucksack　Item Box ×2

 

Items:

Survival Knife　Woodworking Set

 

Titles:

Old Summoner’s Younger Brother　Guardian of the Forest　Knower of the Middle Path

Sea Monster Vanquisher　Guardian of Lapis Lazuli Light　Spell Library　Martial Arts Fighter

 

Summon Monsters:

Zangetsu　White Horse Lv3→Lv4 (↑1)

DEX　7

AGI　25

INT　8

STR　26 (↑1)

VIT　26 (↑1)

SPI　8

Skills:

Trample　Dash　Endurance Run　Wild Gallop　Stampede　Kick

Rider Recovery [Slight]　Magic Resistance [Slight]

 

Ninetails　Silver Fox Lv2→Lv3 (↑1)

DEX　10

AGI　24 (↑1)

INT　24 (↑1)

STR　10

VIT　10

SPI　24

Skills:

Bite　Evade　Dash　Predict Danger　MP Regeneration [Small]

Light Attribute　Dark Attribute

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